OREANDA-NEWS. June 03, 2009. Icebreaker Sankt-Peterburg has started sea trial and is to be delivered to the customer (RosMorPort FSUE) in summer 2009. As journalists learnt from Vladimir Dolgushin responsible for the vessel delivery, sea trials are to last for 10 days.  The delivery may take place in July of the current year, Baltiysky Zavod press center states.

Double-decker Sankt-Peterburg is the second line diesel-electric icebreaker of the series ordered by RosMorPort FSUE. Icebreaker displacement is approx. 10 thousand t, length --116 m, breadth - 26.5 m, draught - 8.5 m, speed in open water - 17 knots. The crew is 25 persons. Icebreaker hull is designed for breaking up the ice formation over 1 meter thick. The icebreaker is designed for escort of the large-capacity tankers of 40-50 m in breadth; towage of ships in ice and open water conditions; assuring salvage and rescue operations and emergency aid to ships; recovery of oil and chemicals spillage in open sea and for fire fighting. The vessel was launched on May 28, 2009.